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Wednesday, 4 July 2012

One girl, many helmets...

Please welcome the lovely Jude Brosnan to London Cycle Chic. Jude has
been cycling since she was a nipper, is the blogger behind I Speak Bike and also writes for the fashion and lifestyle blog Le Blow.
Jude is not only bike obsessed but helmet obsessed and has so far
cycled into the office in a different helmet everyday. Jude, and her
many helmets, have joined the Cyclechic team this summer to champion
our Hot in a Helmet campaign and spread the Cyclechic word. Over to you
Jude...

Hi,
my name is Jude and I'm a helmet-holic. I have over time, amassed quite a
collection. In my defence, I do spend most of my time on my bike wearing
helmets. You wouldn't wear the same pair of shoes everyday would you? I
like to match my helmets to my outfits and customise them for different
events. Let me show you:

This
pink number is my current favourite. I pimped it up with disco mirror
squares to create a tetras inspired design. It makes a really cool
glittery reflection on cars. If they must share our roads they may as
well look pretty. This picture is from when I celebrated by Birthday by riding through the night
to Brighton with my friends. We wore party hats over our helmets so our shadows looked
like unicorns.

For
the Jubilee, my sister and I took the tandem out for a ride
around London. That weekend was all about the red, white and blue so
naturally we rose to the challenge by customising our helmets with
Union Jack scarves. Reckon I'll get a whole summers use of this look
what with the Olympics around the corner. This picture was taken near
Buckingham Palace during the Jubilee concert. I'm propping up my sister
who was standing on the tandem trying to get a better view of Tom Jones.

As
I cycle everywhere if I have a fancy dress party I try and incorporate
my helmet into my costume as it means I won't have to carry it around
all night. Here I am at a 'Superhero' party dressed as 'Cycle Superhero
Girl'. Yes those are fairy lights in my helmet.

Here
I am dressed as a shark in my chrome helmet for a friend's Birthday at
London Zoo. Although, I have been known to wear it since, just because.
I get a lot of people commenting on
this chrome number when I'm out and about on it. I think they might
just be checking out their reflections. It is handy as a mirror for making sure I
don't have helmet hair after long rides.

I
usually wear skater style helmets but I have this little number for
when I want to look a bit fancy. It's a sportier style that I have
covered with a turban and added a broach to. I love the vintage touch
it adds to my outfits. Below is a picture of me in my turbanised helmet
with my sister after the British Heart Foundation's London to Brighton
which we nailed on our tandem. Note how we have not only matched our
outfits to each other, but also to the finish line.

So
those are just some of my helmets, I'm always lusting after new ones, I
need to find some kind of storage solution, or just move somewhere
bigger. Do you customise your helmet/s? If so we'd love to see some
pictures. Tweet them to @Cyclechic